Having made this choice, she resolved to deliberately keep her distance from both men moving forward.
Except... there was still Michael Thorn. She let out a quiet sigh, wondering if she would ever truly be able to escape his reach.
Late that night, Alexander stared at the message on his phone screen, thinking back to the news updates he had seen earlier, the headline showing Michael taking her out to the cinema. Had her heart softened toward him all over again?
For the very first time, Alexander didn't send a reply back to her.
Over at Crescent Spring Villa, it was already past eleven in the evening when Michael checked his watch.
The main house was completely silent. He knew full well that she had brought their daughter back to stay at her family's home for the night.
Glancing at the stack of documents on his desk, he forcefully suppressed the urge to call her, choosing instead to focus on powering through the remaining work.
